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Stray Pointers

Stray Pointers is a podcast where seemingly ordinary people join us for extraordinary discussions. There are a lot of amazing people out there. I thought that it would be interesting to interview people accomplishing or having accomplished amazing things in a variety of subject areas including computing, BBS"s, hacking, health care, music, comic books, writing, illustration, education, journalism, podcasting, startups, electronics, video games, astronomy, agriculture ... you name it. For more

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58:44

Retrocomputing with Jim Brain

Stray Pointers ·

2024/04/19

Long-time computing innovator Jim Brain joins the show to discuss his journey through electronics, Commodore computers, TRS-80 Color Computers, and the evolution of his company Retro Innovations. The Retro Innovations Website https://www.go4retro.com/ The Retro Innovations Store https://store.go4retro.com The Retro Innovations Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/go4retro

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01:05:10

Gunnar Gustafson Discusses JavaScript and Web...

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2024/04/06

Gunnar Gustafson walks us through the timeline of using web development tools such as JavaScript and React.js. He touches on going to college at age 15 and his early front-end development with Flash / Actionscript. Here are a couple of Gunnar's repos: https://github.com/GnarlyGnarGusta/storybook_msw_react https://github.com/GnarlyGnarGusta/gilbertizer_v1 Unofficial JavaScript logo by Chris Williams, from GitHub logo.js ( https://github.com/voodootikigod/logo.js ) , under very permissive licensing

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29:58

Hijinks and Practical Jokes in IT

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2024/03/24

Since April Fool's Day is coming up in about a week, I thought I'd tell a few stories about pranks and funny situations from working in IT.

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52:03

Bob Fulkerson discusses the Endless Forest BBS and...

Stray Pointers ·

2024/03/01

Computer Science professor Bob Fulkerson joins the show to discuss his BBS days including his stewardship of the Endless Forest BBS in Omaha. Bob also discusses facets of teaching Computer Science and his love for the Perl programming language. For more information about Stray Pointers including the link to the Facebook group and contact information, please visit: https://straypointers.com

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47:42

Hardware / Software Engineer Thomas Cherryhomes...

Stray Pointers ·

2024/02/21

Thomas Cherryhomes joins to the show to discuss FujiNet ... a series of add-on direct-connect devices for 80's era home computers that provides a number of extended Internet capabilities to those machines. Thom's links: https://fujinet.online https://irata.online/ For more information about Stray Pointers including the link to the Facebook group and contact information, please visit: https://straypointers.com

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43:09

A Chat with Software Engineer and International...

Stray Pointers ·

2024/02/14

Christine Seeman joins the show to discuss a variety of programming languages including Java, Ruby, and Go. We also discuss her live international speaking events. Website https://christine-seeman.com/ Socials Mastodon: @christine@ruby.social NDC London 2020 - 2FA Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTtZQVSnz2M .Net Rocks Podcast (taped at NDC London) https://www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1676 One Does Not Simply Add MFA - YOW! 2022 https://youtu.be/adQZ6r3Y858?si=0IA5XIBzU0U8HOgj For more

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46:40

A Chat with Synchronet BBS Author and Sysop Rob Swindell

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2024/02/03

Rob Swindell, author and sysop of the MS-DOS and telnet versions of the Synchronet BBS joins us to discuss the genesis of the BBS, running his own BBS company, and the journey to an open source Internet version of Synchronet. Rob's main site with links to source code repo's and his YouTube channel: http://synchro.net The Synchronet wiki: http://wiki.synchro.net The home page for SyncTerm, the preferred client for telnet BBS's: http://syncterm.net The Synchronet IRC server: irc.synchro.net Rob's

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58:25

Chatting with Programmer, Author, and Former Dr....

Stray Pointers ·

2024/01/18

Jeff Dunteman joins the show to discuss his experiences with various technical and non-technical endeavors. Jeff was the first editor of Borland's In-House Magazine "Turbo Technix" which was supplied to purchasers of early editions of Turbo Pascal, Turbo C, and similar Borland products. He was the Structured Programming columnist for Dr. Dobbs Journal for a number of years. Jeff had established his own publishing firm, The Coriolis Group where he wrote and published a number of books and two

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38:21

Discussing Programming Languages with Ben Hoyt

Stray Pointers ·

2024/01/16

Software engineer and engineering manager Ben Hoyt joins the show to discuss his experience with various programming languages. Topics discussed include assembly language, Forth, C, CGI Programming, Python, Go / Golang, and awk. https://benhoyt.com/ https://github.com/benhoyt/ For more information about Stray Pointers including the link to the Facebook group and contact information, please visit: https://straypointers.com

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41:44

Speaking with Screenwriter and Filmmaker Harrison...

Stray Pointers ·

2024/01/10

Writer / editor / screenwriter / filmmaker Harrison Demchick joins the show to discuss his background in writing. We discuss the process that led to his feature film "Ape Canyon". More information about Harrison and his works can be found on his web site : https://www.harrisondemchick.com/ For more information about Stray Pointers including the link to the Facebook group and contact information, please visit: https://straypointers.com

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19:57

Reviewing the 2023 Doctor Who Christmas Special with...

Stray Pointers ·

2023/12/26

Rick joins the show for a look at the final episode of Doctor Who for 2023 ... "The Church on Ruby Road." This podcast contains spoilers for the episode. For more information on Stray Pointers including the link to the Facebook group and contact information, please visit: https://straypointers.com

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19:55

Reviewing the Doctor Who Special #3 with Rick Lundeen

Stray Pointers ·

2023/12/10

Rick Lundeen joins the podcast for a review of the final of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials .. "The Giggle" For more information on Stray Pointers including the link to the Facebook group and contact information, please visit: https://straypointers.com

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23:32

Discussing the Doctor Who Special #2 with Rick Lundeen

Stray Pointers ·

2023/12/03

Rick Lundeen joins us again to discuss "Wild Blue Yonder", the second Doctor Who 2023 special. Please note that there are spoilers in this discussion. For more information on Stray Pointers including the link to the Facebook group and contact information, please visit: https://straypointers.com

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55:45

Discussing the Endless Forest BBS with Dan Kenny

Stray Pointers ·

2023/12/01

Dan Kenny joins the show to discuss the Endless Forest, an Omaha area electronic bulletin board system (BBS) that began life on the Apple II in the 1980's. Dan, was responsible for creating the next incarnation of Endless Forest using the C programming language. This version ran initially on a DEC VAX 11/750 hosted at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, but it moved to other Unix/Linux machines during its existence. The Endless Forest was one of the first BBS's that could be accessed via telnet

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34:44

Discussing the Doctor Who Special #1 with Rick Lundeen

Stray Pointers ·

2023/11/26

Rick Lundeen returns to the podcast to continue the 60th year celebration of Doctor Who. In this edition of the podcast, we discuss "The Star Beast" ... the first of three weekly 2023 special episodes of Doctor Who. Please note that there are SPOILERS for The Star Beast episode in this podcast. For more information on Stray Pointers including the link to the Facebook group and contact information, please visit: https://straypointers.com

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38:45

Discussing The Beatles and News Journalism with David...

Stray Pointers ·

2023/11/21

Former 1970's Beatles Trivia radio show co-host David Helling joins us to discuss his Beatles knowledge and his long career in political news journalism. Audio from the final episode of Beatles Trivia: https://youtu.be/l8IoruHKtys Dave's retirement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDXNNmHfsGY

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58:59

The Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special

Stray Pointers ·

2023/11/12

My friends and fellow Whovians Rick Lundeen and Neil Welch joined me for a roundtable discussion of the series. Neil presents a unique perspective as he saw the very first episode air on UK television on November 23rd, 1963.

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29:00

Chatting with Linux on the Mainframe Specialist...

Stray Pointers ·

2023/11/10

Elizabeth K. Joseph leads the Open Source Program office for IBM Z series mainframe systems. She's published books on Ubuntu Linux and OpenStack. She was the 2012 winner of the O'Reilly Open Source aware. Lyz discusses the history of her involvement with the Linux community and her current position at IBM. Lyz's Website: https://princessleia.com/ Lyz's Blog: https://princessleia.com/journal/ Lyz's Wallace and Gromit Fan Site: https://wallaceandgromit.net/ The Official Ubuntu Book ( Matthew

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01:11:02

A Discussion with Artist and Teacher Keith Howell

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2023/10/25

Keith Howell joins us for a discussion on his long background in art, comics, modern and classic pulp texts, and his ongoing art publications. Keith also discusses his work and friendship with writer Philip José Farmer. Keith's Portfolio https://www.behance.net/keithhowell Keith's Website https://www.profchallenger.com/ The Meteor House Press Website https://meteorhousepress.com/ For more information on Stray Pointers including the link to the Facebook group and contact information, please

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30:19

Chatting with BBS Sysop and Software Engineer Ben...

Stray Pointers ·

2023/10/22

Software engineer Ben Kimball discusses learning BASIC programming at age seven, writing and running his first BBS using Turbo Pascal, telnet BBSing, and the creation of Nebraska's first production wireless Internet services provider. Ben's web-based telnet client for the ISCA BBS http://iscaclient.llabmik.net/ For more information on Stray Pointers including the link to the Facebook group and contact information, please visit: https://straypointers.com Please visit the companion blog at

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